Food types include living foods, raw foods, cooked foods and processed food.
Living foods are foods that are still growing and consumed within 48 hours of being picked. Examples are: apples picked off the tree and vine ripen tomatoes that are both enjoyed immediately. Living foods are the best sources of enzymes, oxygen, vitamins, chlorophyll, fiber and essential fatty acids. They contain the proper balance of alkaline to acid minerals.
Raw foods are less nutritious because they are reaching you after48 hours after being picked and longer before you eat them. Cooked and processed foods have no healing powers according to how many doctors feel. These foods contribute to the acidity of your body, which are the causes of many of our degenerative diseases.
Enzymes are protein catalysts that have to be present for life to exist as they perform the multitude functions in the body, digestive and metabolic. They are needed for our bodies to function. Without them our body functions stop. Living foods have the most enzymes and raw foods have less but cooked/process foods have none. Enzymes play a key role in our digestion, assimilation and elimination of food and food by-products. Our energy levels and happy feelings are a direct relation to the amount of enzymes in our bodies.
Dr. Edward Howell in his book, “Enzyme Nutrition”, says that people with low-enzyme foods will experience degenerative diseases and poor health. You rebuild your enzyme supply by eating living and raw foods.
Healthy living is the results of balancing the alkaline and acidic foods. Most health professional recommend a balance of 80% alkaline and 20% acidic foods in your diet. Eating a good portion of alkaline foods is important.
Alkalizing Foods are:
Vegetables (Including Oriental Vegetables): Garlic, asparagus, fermented veggies(EM-Effective Microorganisms), water cress, beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, celery, chard, chlorella, collard greens, cucumber, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, mushrooms, mustard greens. Dulce, dandelions, edible flower, onions, parsnip, peas, peppers, pumpkins, rutabaga, spiriluna, alfalfa, barley grass, wheat grass, wild greens, maitake, daikon, shiitake, kombu, reishi, nori, umeboshi, wakame, sea veggies
Fruits: Apple, apricots, avocadoes, banana, cantaloupe, cherries, currants, dates/figs, grapes, grapefruit, melon, nectarine, orange, lemon, pear, pineapple, all berries, tangerine, tomato, tropical fruits, watermelon
Protein: Whey protein powder, cottage cheese, chicken breast, yogurt, almonds, chestnuts, tofu (fermented), flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, tempeh(fermented), squash seeds, sunflower seeds, millet, sprouted seeds, nuts, eggs
Spices & Seasoning: Cinnamon, curry ginger, mustard, chili pepper, sea salt, miso, tamari, all herbs
Other: Apple cider vinegar, bee pollen, lecithin granules, probiotic cultures, green juices, veggie juices, fresh fruit juice, organic milk, mineral waters, alkaline antioxidant water, green tea, herbal tea, dandelion tea, ginseng tea, banchi tea, kombucha
Acidifying Foods include:
Fats & Oils: Avocado Oils, Canola Oil, Corn Oil, Hemp Seed Oil, Flax Oil, Lard, Olive Oil, Safflower Oil, Sesame Oil, Sunflower Oil
Fruits: Cranberries
Grains: Rice cakes, wheat cakes, amaranth, barley, buckwheat, corn oats, quinoa, rice, rye, spelt, kamut, wheat, hemp seed, flour
Nuts & Butters: Cashews, Brazil Nuts, Peanuts, Pecans, Tahini, Walnuts
Animal Protein: Beef, carp, claims, fish, lamb, lobster, mussels, oyster, pork, rabbit, salmon, shrimp, scallops, tuna, turkey, venison
Pasta: Noodles, macaroni, spaghetti
Drugs & Chemicals: Drugs, medicinal drugs, psychedelics, pesticides, herbicides
Alcohol: Beer, spirits, hard liquor, wine
Beans & Legumes: Black beans, chick peas, green peas, kidney beans, lentils, lima beans, pinto beans, red beans, soy beans, soy milk, white beans, rice milk, almond milk
Waters: Rain water, certain backwash filtered water, distilled water, reverse osmosis water, bottled water
Dairy: Cheese, cow cheese, goat cheese, processed cheese, sheep milk, butter
Other: Distilled vinegar, wheat germ, potatoes
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This is a great article on what we should be working toward eating Arlan – very interesting getting the balance. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
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Thank you, very interesting article. I’m trying to eat healthier, it is a little difficult though since everyone around me keeps tempting me with junk food.
Hi George: I understand that one. I come from Hawaii where the saying is we eat till we are tired not full. My family culture enjoys food. When we have visitors, we eat tasty and large meals for lunch and dinner, which is typically a 9 course Chinese Meal plus deserts, oh boy. Like Pogo says, “I has met the enemy, and he is me”. Wellness is your choice so do what is best for you not for others. If you would like to discuss more, please feel free to call me at (714) 784-0474.
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